Lady Sheherazahde's Journal

shapeshft sent me this. It is just so cute!

"Through vaccinations untold and
temperature-takings unnumbered...
I have survives my way home beyond
the vet's office, and have regained
the dignity you have stolen.
For my will is as strong as yours,
and you are cardboard.
YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME."
"Two Lumps: The Adventures of Ebenezer and Snooch"
by James Grant and Mel Hynes

"Through dangers untold
and hardships unnumbered,
I have fought my way here
to the castle beyond
the Goblin City to take back
the child that you have stolen,
for my will is as strong as yours,
and my kingdom is as great.
You have no power over me."
-Sarah in Labyrinth (1986)

Oh! This is just too funny!

How To Prepare For Cat Ownership. by naamah_darling

http://kittenwar.com/

So, our quality of life has definitely improved since we gave up Arwen (890C). She is a lovely girl and very affectionate, but we really are better off without her. She needs to be an only cat. Since she is gone the other cats have started approching me more often. Ember has just moved in to all the times and spaces that Arwen used to fill. She was never that affectionate before we had Arwen. I thought Arwen was low status because Ember was always hissing at her. But apparently Arwen was getting all the prime perks. I just don't know.

I've been having strange dreams lately. The other night I was dreaming about cleaning overflowing cat boxes. Then this morning it was Sarah's rats loose in our apartment, and me worrying that the cats would get them. And right when I was waking up I dreamed that someone was standing at the foot of my bed talking to me. I thought it was Sarah at first (since she sometimes does that) But there was no one there.

Yesterday
I woke up feeling productive :-) Then I took some allergy medication and slept for most of the afternoon :-(
Oh well. Then I went and picked up zimarra We went shopping at Greenstar. When we got home she and Sarah brought up the cat playpen and Sarah and I cleaned it and set it up. Zimarra and Sarah helped me put a bunch of stuff in the attic (in a relay chain: I ran around choosing stuff to give to them, Sarah handed it up to Zimarra, and Zimarra sat in the attic piling stuff up).
Then I washed dishes while they watched Tornado! (with Bruce Campbell!) I had intended to cook up some really nice Swiss Chard I got at Greenstar but I never got around to it. We just had humus for dinner. Then Sarah dyed Zimarra's hair. Then Sarah and J went out to a party. Zimarra and I had wanted to do laundry but it was 11pm so I just took her home.

The house is a mess but better than it was. I think I am a few steps closer to turning some of those boxes of cloth into clothing.
( To Do List: )

The good news is that my willingness to let go of Arwen when her house soiling went to far shows that I'm not really cut out to achieve my goal of becoming a crazy cat lady. I am just not bat-shit crazy enough! And I'm OK with that.

Yesterday J took Arwen to the local SPCA while I was at work (it had to be done before 4pm or I would have gone with him). So last night was our first night without her.

When I went to bed Embar let me snuggle her a little and she sat by head for a while. But she is less interested in sleeping by my head. So I had no quiet purr or little love licks last night.

Ember is a bit hyper and skittish. She can't hold still when I pet her. She doesn't really purr, she sort of hyperventalates. I always wondered why she would start panting when I cuddled her, I finally figured out she is trying to purr. But she is my little silky girl.

This morning I took up the plastic and the extra littler box. And sprayed "Nature's Miracle" over the hall carpet.

Embar will come in the bathroom and sit on the sink so I can pet her. But she will not do that cute thing Arwen used to do- reaching up to me to be picked up.

In other news Sarah, The Best Neighbor Ever™, has been helping me with my wound care for my mole biopsy. It is in the middle of my back and I have trouble reaching it to change the bandage or apply ointment. I have three stitches. I think this is the first time I have ever had stitches.

For more than two years Joseph and I have been putting up with Arwen's pissing on the floor beside the cat box instead of in the cat box. But today she started pissing (and Shitting!) in the kitchen and the living room. It was just the last straw. I love her dearly but we can't keep her. Unless someone volunteers to take her she is going to the SPCA.

In her favor she is very affectionate, social, and fixed. We think she is at least part Maine Coon. She has a dense body and thick fur.

And this house soiling problem may be solved by being an only cat or by being an outdoor cat. Maine Coons are rumored to be very territorial. Our apartment may just be too small for three cats. Kip and Ember get along OK but Ember has never liked Arwen.

One way or another she goes tomorrow.

If anyone wants to try to rescue her contact kenshardik. He will be home during the day. I have a Dr appointment and work.

Sarah, The Best Neighbor Ever™, was supposed to help me wash Arwen this morning. Apparently "helping" meant I wrapped Arwen in a towel, walked across the hall to Sarah's bathroom, and handed Arwen to Sarah who washed her, naked. Arwen is still a bit damp, and smells like watermelon.

Then I had to rush down to Apalachin for my friend Sammi's son's graduation party. Jesse, the son in question, is a fire fighter (like her) but he is joining the Army as a combat medic. I can't imagine how Sammi must feel about this. On the one hand he is brave and selfless on the other hand no mother wants her son to go somewhere where people want to kill him. I have known Jesse since he was very young, and I just want to say that he has grown into a very handsome young man.

At the party I learned that Sammi was once hunted by a Mafia Boss. It turns out she grew up next door to the famous house where the mafia bosses were arrested as they held a national convention in 1957. She was 11 months old at that time. But when she was around two years old she wandered off into the woods and her mother got everyone in the neighborhood (including the mafia neighbors) to help look for her.

When I got home from Apalachin it was time to go to Common Ground for Rauncie's Birthday. I got razzing from the staff for not being there in a long time. But it was fun to be back. Rauncie was about an hour late but I finally got to meet her friend Jade.

It was Karaoke night. I had forgotten what a beautiful voice Rauncie has. Joseph also sings beautifully (but I had not forgotten that). He also has a great stage presence and should do stand up, or at least MC. I had never heard Sarah sing before, she reminded me of Janis Joplin. Sarah has a sultry, bluesy, voice.